Nc

adj, name, noun, phrase

adj, name, noun, phrase ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of nitrocellulose. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Initialism of nolo contendere, no contest, a plea in criminal cases. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of processors.
  4. 4
    Initialism of noun class. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    NASA research cargo plane designations. US
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  1. 6
    Initialism of noise control. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of noise cancellation. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    Initialism of noncommercial. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    Initialism of numerical control. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Near-synonyms: CNC, computer numerical control (broadly synonymous in current usage)"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of normally closed. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Phrase
  1. 1
    Initialism of no change. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of no charge. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of no connection. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of not classified. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of North Carolina: a state of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

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cncnasal cannulanitrocellulosenoise cancellationnorth carolinanumerical control

Antonyms

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NO

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"A truly incredible queen sacrifice was made by Kevin Spragett against Fred South in Ontario 1976: 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.d5 Ne5 5.Nxe5 Bxd1. Black gave up on the nineteenth move."

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